Julius Caesar Ibbetson
1759-1817
The Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, scenes 1 and 5
c.1794
Oil on canvas
78.7 × 56.5 cm. (31 × 22 ¼ in.)
one signed with initials 'J I' on the horse's saddle
Provenance:
John Boydell (1720-1804);Shakespeare Gallery sale, Christie's, 20th May 1805, sold for £13 2s. 6d. and 8 gns. respectively to 'Mr. Newton';
in the collection of the third Earl of Dudley, MC (1894-1969) by 1934;
thence by descent until 2018.
Literature:
John Boydell and Josiah Boydell, A Collection of Prints from pictures painted for the purposes of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare by the artists of Great Britain, London 1803, Vol III;
R.M.Clay, Julius Caesar Ibbetson (Country Life 1948), p. 55 & note 5, p. 56;
E. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of BRITISH 18th CENTURY PAINTERS in oils and crayons (Antique Collectors’ Club 1981), one illustrated on p. 192 (as ‘Unlocated’).
Exhibition History:
Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1934, Commemorative Exhibition of the Art Treasures of the Midlands, no. 304 (as ‘The Elopment’ by William Hamilton).